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Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party has pulled a surprise in the Saturday’s Edo State governorship election after recording commanding 250,345 votes in the ongoing collation exercise from 13 local government areas. In the ongoing results announced by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, the governor’s challenger, Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress has registered 154,192 votes, so far. Results from 13 local government areas have so far been collated at the INEC collation exercise in Benin City, the state capital. Edo State has 18 local government areas and the election was held in all the…

A preliminary 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Los Angeles area late Friday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake centered less than two miles west-southwest of South El Monte occurred at 11:38 p.m. According to seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones, the focal point of the earthquake was almost the same location as the M5.9 Whittier Narrows earthquake in 1987. There have been reports that the quake was felt in La Habra, Long Beach, Oxnard, Ontario, Pasadena, near the Beverly Hills area, and other regions throughout L.A. County. CBS LOS Angeles reports that some residents said they felt jolts from about…

Ace blogger, Linda Ikeji, Saturday, September 19 turned 40. The mum of one took to her Instagram page to reflect on her life and count her blessings. The internationally celebrated media mogul seized the opportunity to show off her 2020 Range Rover Autobiography worth N126 million and 80 pairs of amazing designer shoes. ”This is what 40 looks like. Successful. Happy. Almost fulfilled and super grateful for a beautiful life filled with amazing family and friends. God has been incredibly good to me and I don’t take my blessings for granted. “Happy 40th birthday to me. I actually can’t believe…

Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has bemoaned the faulty card readers in the ongoing Governorship elections in the state. Obaseki in a statement via his spokesperson, Crusoe Osagie has raised alarm that there is a deliberate plot to disenfranchise voters in PDP strongholds in the state. Osagie stated that Card readers in areas where PDP has influence are not working. According to him: “Suddenly, card readers are not working in areas where Governor Godwin Obaseki is very popular.” “Voters are being disenfranchised and we are constrained to say that this is sabotage,” he said. However, security personnel have taken over INEC…

Tragedy struck Friday, September 18, when no fewer than 31 mourners were feared to have died at Akaeze Development Centre in Ivo Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. The incident occurred at about 5:45 p.m. when the driver of Mercedes Benz 608 bus conveying 36 persons tried to overtake a trailer, but lost control and the bus swerved off the road into a river at Akaeze bridge. Five persons reportedly in critical condition were rushed to the hospital for treatment. The state Police-Public Relations Officer for Ebonyi Command, DSP Loveth Odah, described the incident as unfortunate. “It is a…

Tension is rising on who will rule Edo State, South-South Region of Nigeria as a Governor  for the next four years. The battle to control the soul of Government House, Benin City is a hot contest between the incumbent, Mr. Godwin Obaseki who is gunning for the a second term under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu seeking the coveted seat under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Fourteen political parties are jostling for the governorship position comprising two females and 14 males. Edo South Senatorial District has about 1,000,000 registered voters; Edo North has 500,000 voters while…

Nigeria has recorded 221 new COVID-19 cases, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) stated this on Friday night. Of the new cases, 59 were recorded in Lagos, 46 in Abia, 22 in the FCT, 20 in Gombe, 17 in Plateau, 11 in Rivers, seven in Bauchi, six in Benue, Ekiti and Imo, four in Kaduna, Kwara and Ondo, three each in Ogun and Osun and one each in Bayelsa, Edo and Kano. The new cases bring the total infections in the country to 56,956. A total of 48,305 persons have recovered and been discharged while 1,094 have died.

In the opening game of the 2020/21 Bundesliga season played behind closed doors, Serge Gnabry hit a hat-trick as holders Bayern Munich banged Schalke 8-0 on Friday. The result is the highest win for an opening game of a new Bundesliga season. Germany winger Leroy Sane scored on his Bayern debut while Leon Goretzka, Thomas Mueller and Robert Lewandowksi also netted for the all-conquering European champions. England junior international Jamal Musiala, 17, became Bayern’s youngest goal-scorer in the Bundesliga when he came on to grab their eighth.

Despite COVID-19, Akwa Ibom Government has eased off the pandemic lockdown by announcing dates for the reopening of primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the state. Briefing journalists after Akwa Ibom State Executive Council meeting on Friday, September 18, Mr. Ini Ememobong, the state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, said primary schools would reopen on September 21, 2020. Ememobong said “Primary schools are to commence processes for the resumption of schools for primary six pupils only, on 21st September,2020, to prepare them for the common entrance (exit examinations). Additionally, the State Government will make face masks available to all primary…

The last is not yet heard of the lingering crisis rocking the 62-year-old University of Lagos, Akoka in Nigeria, following the resignation of key members of the institution’s Governing Council. Though the Special Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government to look into the affairs of the university submitted its report to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja on Thursday, two members in the institution have tendered their resignation letters, perhaps to way for resolution of the problem. The University of Lagos Pro-Chancellor, Wale Babalakin (SAN), who served since May 2017 in the institution resigned his position…